{"id":6039,"date":"2023-02-17T01:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/the-entire-fintech-industry-is-not-in-distress-heres-who-is-hiring\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T01:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:54:39","slug":"the-entire-fintech-industry-is-not-in-distress-heres-who-is-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/the-entire-fintech-industry-is-not-in-distress-heres-who-is-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"The entire fintech industry is not in distress &#8211; here&#8217;s who is hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><h2 class=\"article__subtitle\">&#8216;The buzz and momentum for these companies is unlike anything I\u2019ve seen before&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__featured-image-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><span class=\"featured__span-first-words\">With so many<\/span> fintechs <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/11\/06\/the-fintech-layoffs-just-keep-on-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laying off staff<\/a>, it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the case. In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rex Salisbury, founding partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/07\/26\/from-software-engineer-to-venture-capitalist-ex-a16z-partner-rex-salisbury-unveils-new-early-stage-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cambrian Ventures<\/a> and formerly on the fintech investment team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), believes that early-stage fintech founders, particularly at the pre-seed and seed stages, \u201care the big winners in the current job market and are pulling in top talent that would have been inaccessible 6 months ago. The buzz and momentum for these companies is unlike anything I\u2019ve seen before, it\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Lee Hower, a co-founder and partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/nextview.vc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NextView Ventures<\/a> who was on the founding team of LinkedIn, believes that despite the downturn, there remain fintechs that are \u201cthriving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was an early employee at PayPal and we grew during the dotcom bust and were a rare IPO in 2002,\u201d he told TechCrunch. \u201cThe brightest stars in fintech today are similarly succeeding despite the macro backdrop because they\u2019re solving real problems that consumers, businesses, and financial institutions are dealing with every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are some fintech companies that are hiring. Note that this is obviously not a comprehensive list, and that we\u2019ll be tracking more in upcoming editions of our fintech newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Interchange<\/a>. (Note, it comes out every Sunday and it\u2019s FREE).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insurance infrastructure startup<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/boards.greenhouse.io\/lula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lula<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which has raised $18 million in funding from the likes of NextView Ventures, Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, is hiring 10 across engineering, product and sales.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Another infrastructure startup, Unit, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unit.co\/careers#jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring<\/a> \u2014 with nearly a dozen open roles across the U.S. and Israel. The company last year raised closed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/05\/17\/banking-as-a-service-startup-unit-closes-on-100m-at-a-1-2b-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a $100 million Series C round of funding<\/a> led by Insight Partners at a $1.2 billion valuation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/array.com\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Array<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a New York-based bringing consumers financial, identity, and privacy protection tools, is hiring 8 engineers for its new product,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/array.com\/products\/helloprivacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello Privacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The company has raised<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/array-b6e3\/company_financials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$67 million<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from Battery Ventures, NextView Ventures, and General Catalyst.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trading app <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/public.com\/careers#wgt-open-positions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is hiring 14 across engineering, supporting, operations, marketing, product and design. The company last raised in 2021 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/02\/17\/as-expected-stock-trading-service-public-raises-220m-at-unicorn-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a $220 million Series D funding round<\/a> at a $1.2 billion valuation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.securesave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Securesave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an emergency savings fintech, is hiring for at least over five roles over the next few months across sales and operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setpoint.io\/careers\/#career-listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setpoint<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is hiring 5 roles in sales, finance, operations, and engineering. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/07\/andreessen-horowitz-leads-43m-series-a-for-setpoint-which-aims-to-be-the-stripe-for-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently raised a fresh $43 million<\/a> led by Andreesen Horowitz\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/10\/11\/oatfi-secures-capital-to-power-bnpl-services-for-smbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OatFi,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a B2B BNPL which recently raised<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/10\/11\/oatfi-secures-capital-to-power-bnpl-services-for-smbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an $8 million seed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from QED and Rex Salisbury of Cambrian, is hiring for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oatfi.notion.site\/Job-Board-5aeefa845617499fa2fdf98214c2797f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four roles<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And feel free to hit reply to let me know of any other job openings.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got a news tip or inside information about a topic we covered? We\u2019d love to hear from you. You can reach me at maryann@techcrunch.com. Or you can drop us a note at tips@techcrunch.com. Happy to respect anonymity requests.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/02\/16\/the-entire-fintech-industry-is-not-in-distress-heres-who-is-hiring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The buzz and momentum for these companies is unlike anything I\u2019ve seen before&#8217; With so many fintechs laying off staff, it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. But that\u2019s not the case. In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs. 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